The parent company of Maine Medical Center will use the grant from the Federal Communications Commission to acquire videoconferencing equipment and expand its existing telehealth programs, which have seen a huge surge in use during the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue at low level across much of Maine
Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston saw an uptick, although its daily patient count still averaged less than 3.
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COVID-19 patients at Maine Med decrease dramatically with wave of deaths, recoveries
Coronavrius inpatient counts remain flat at most other Maine hospitals.
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MaineHealth program helps jobless Mainers find health care and insurance
The health care system said it can connect patients with a range of options during the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine flat for 4th week, but upticks in Portland and Bangor
Outbreaks at a meat plant, a rehab facility and a homeless shelter may account for the increases, as it’s too early to see any effects of loosened restrictions.
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Numbers of virus patients in Maine hospitals continue to flatten and decline
Restricting activity in the state has flattened the COVID-19 curve and taken the pressure off hospitals, a Press Herald analysis finds, but dangers remain.
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BIW 3D prints face shields for health care workers facing virus
BIW’s three 3D printers have been programmed to work around the clock to produce 12 face shields per day for MaineHealth, the state’s largest integrated health care system.
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Number of virus patients in Maine hospitals flattened or decreased in the past week
The Portland Press Herald’s analysis of hospital data suggests social distancing is keeping hospitals from being overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases, but experts say Mainers should stay the course to prevent a surge.
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As health care shifts, so do health care employees
Primary care doctors are leaving their offices to work in hospitals and nurses are staffing screening tents as the entire industry adapts to the coronavirus.
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MaineHealth asks state’s manufacturers to produce medical equipment, supplies
Several have said they may be able to produce masks, face shields, gloves and other equipment to help in the coronavirus fight.